[ANSTHRLD] OSCAR and ACE differences for commenters

[Andrewe Bawldwyn]

Thank you both for your points. I'm quite certain it will come in
handy for those commenters who have not yet used OSCAR.

Andrewe

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Kathleen O'Brien <mari_1184 at att.net> wrote:
> On 1/10/2012 4:35 AM, Doug Bell wrote:
>>
>> OSCAR - ACE differences
>>
>> 1- Be careful to remove any<  >  characters from St. Gabriel reports
>> before posting on OSCAR. These can be interpreted as HTML commands and OSCAR
>> will attempt to execute such with unexpected results.
>
>
> The only place this really applies is <i> and you can get around that by
> putting in spaces:  < i >
>
> Removing < > completely from S. Gabriel reports removes the readers ability
> to easily detect specific spellings from a general reference to the name
> that we're talking about.  So, it's really not that great an idea.
>
>
>
>> 2- There is no Delete Comment command in OSCAR as there is in ACE. You can
>> edit a comment once posted but not delete it.
>
>
> Correct.  That's on purpose.  It's actually fairly normal for us to add a
> comment like "Oh, I goofed in my earlier comment".  We're human, it happens.
>  But to be able to remove a comment entirely would mess up the dialogue flow
> and that's critical to have in order to understand the discussion.  In
> general, we only use editing a comment to fix a typo or to say something
> like "Oops.  Duplicate comment added.  Removed."  Or a note that the comment
> was supposed to be under the device and you added it to the name, so you
> moved it.
>
>
>
>> 3- You have to use a blank line between comments for separations.
>>
>> in ACE
>>
>> My name
>> My - English given name
>> 1544 Names from Pensance
>> by the Great Dufus
>> My - given name
>>
>> in OSCAR becomes
>> My name My - English given name 1544 Names from Pensance by the Great
>> Dufus My - given name
>>
>> In OSCAR you have to enter it as:
>> My name
>>
>> My - English given name
>>
>> 1544 Names from Pensance
>>
>> by the Great Dufus
>>
>> My - given name
>
>
> Actually, you can add it as:
>
>
> My name
> My - English given name
> 1544 Names from Pensance
> by the Great Dufus
> My - given name
>
> but you have to add <BR> (for a line break) after each line where you want
> it to break but that you don't have a blank line afterwards.  So:
>
> My name<BR>
> My - English given name<BR>
> 1544 Names from Pensance<BR>
> by the Great Dufus<BR>
> My - given name
>
> will get you:
>
>
> My name
> My - English given name
> 1544 Names from Pensance
> by the Great Dufus
> My - given name
>
>
>
>> 4- OSCAR has a time out and sign out feature. If left idle for a period of
>> time you will be logged out automatically.
>> I recommend you not leave the edit box to enter comments idle for any
>> length of time. If you have to leave go ahead and post that part of the
>> comment.
>> I usually compose a comment in a word processor and paste it into the edit
>> box.
>> There are rarely occurring bugs in the edit box that can on rare occasions
>> delete your entry or post it multiple times.
>
>
> The sign out is a 1 hour idle time, last I checked.  I routinely take 20 or
> 30 minutes to research and write up a comment and I haven't had any
> problems.
>
> The only problem I've hit is when I am not paying attention and accidentally
> click away from the page.  Then I loose what I've written.  So, when writing
> an especially tricky comment, I'll select all and hit copy every so often so
> my last version is saved to my clipboard.  That way, if I mess up and click
> away, I can paste it back in when I navigate back to the Comment page.
>
> I haven't hit one that has posted my comments multiple times.
>
>
>> safe journeys
>> Magnus
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